Girdle anchor



June23, 1959 I P. BLATT 2,891,253

r GIRDLE ANCHOR Filed April 29. 1957 INVENTOR. 1 404 A .504 rr Arraemsys United States Patent Ofifice 2,891,253 Patented June 23, 1959 GIRDLEANCHOR Paula Blatt, Cleveland, Ohio Application April 29, 1957, SerialNo. 655,712

2 Claims. (Cl. 2-313) This invention relates to the general class ofwomen's undergarments and, more specificially, is for an improved formof girdle anchor.

As is of course well known, it has been common practice to providegarters upon the lower edge of a girdle so as to serve the dual purposeof holding the stockings up and holding the girdle down in properposition upon the body of the wearer. And there have been devisedvarious means for holding the girdle in proper position when nostockings are worn, as for instance in my Letters Patent No. 2,742,648,April 24, 1956, and in my co-pending application Serial No. 492,685,filed March 7, 1955. The present invention is an improvement upon myprior devices, above referred to.

One object of my present invention is to devise a girdle anchor that isadapted to have the depending garters from the girdle attached at anypoint or points thereabout.

Another object is to provide such a device in which there may be aself-accommodation of the same about the thigh of the wearers body in amost eifective, dependable and comfortable manner.

A further object is to provide such a device that may be manufacturedand sold at a very reasonable cost.

Other objects will appear from the following description and claims whenconsidered together with the accompanying drawing.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating the manner in which thepresent device is intended to be worn;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the present device in fiat, folded conditionwhen not in use;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of the present device, in part, illustratingthe manner in which it may accommodate itself about the thigh of thewearers body in a pivotal-like manner at the point of connection of thetwo ends of the elastic band.

It is to be understood that the present disclosure is merely for thepurpose of illustration and that there might be devised variousmodifications thereof without departing from the spirit of my inventionas herein set forth and claimed.

Referring now to the accompanying drawing in detail, the flat band 1 ofsubstantial width and with longitudinal stretch, has its squared endsconnected together in overlapping relation with the opposite surfaces ofthe band in contact with each other. The overlapping end portions ofthis band are sewed together only along their end and outer side edges,as indicated by reference numerals 2 and 3, and along a line 4 thatextends diagonally inwardly from the outer corner of the overlapping endportions to a point approximately at the middle of such overlapping endportions. Thus, the overlapping end portions of the band 1 are free attheir inner edges, as indicated by reference numerals 5 and 6. With thisarrangement, the end portions of the band 1 may have relativepivotal-like movement about an axis normal to the plane of theoverlapping end portions when the band 1 is stretched inself-accommodation about the thigh of the wearers body so as to occupyposition of use, as may be understood. from a comparison of Figs. 1 and2 and also as indicated in Fig. 3 ofthe drawing. The lower edge'of theband-1 may have a suitable finish for the sake of appearance, as hereindicated in a general way.

The strip 7 of light-weight inelastic material is attached along oneedge thereof about the entire upper edge of the band 1 and has its otheredge free for attachment of the garters G depending from the lower edgeof the girdle. The two ends of strip 7 are sewed together along seam 8that extends practically diagonally with respect to the overlapping endportions of the band 1 so as to provide a substantial width of the strip7 at all points about the garment for attachment of the garters G,wherever they may be located upon the girdle. The strip 7 may begathered where it is sewed to the band 1 so as to be extensible inaccordance with the stretching of the band 1 for snug fitting of thesame about the Wearers thigh and so as to prevent the same from ridingup along the thigh after having been placed in proper position. Thusthere is provided a limitation upon the extent of the stretch and thusthere is precluded the danger of the garment yielding to upward pullwhich might otherwise cause it to ride upwardly along the thigh of thewearer.

As herein indicated, this device may be worn with the bight thereofengaged about the under-part of the wearers thigh and with theoverlapping end portions of band 1 extending upwardly in the frontmiddle part of her thigh; and inner and outer garters G may be attachedto strip 7 upon opposite sides of the overlapping end portions ofband 1. Thus the band 1 will assume an inclined position and there willresult a most elfective engagement of the same upwardly against andabout the rear part of the wearers thigh. If so desired, as in somecases, a rear garter from the girdle may be attached to the strip 7 atthe rear part thereof. In fact, this device will permit any number ofgarters to be attached thereto and at any points desired according tothe greatest dependability and comfort in any given case.

As above explained, the present device proves particularly advantageouswhen stockings are not worn as it will ensure against the girdle ridingup and will thus serve as an eflicient means of holding the girdle innormal position at all times. If, however, stockings are worn, thepresent device may be worn over the top parts of the same and, as aresult, the stockings will be held in smooth condition and without anydanger of twisting of the same.

It is believed that the practical advantages of the present device willbe obvious to those who are familiar with the art to which thisinvention relates.

What I claim is:

1. A girdle anchor adapted to engage about the thigh of the wearer andcomprising a longitudinally elastic flat band of substantial widthhaving two extreme end portions secured together in overlapping relationand at substantially right angles to each other, said overlapping endportions being arranged with the opposite surfaces of the band incontact with each other, and a strip of lightweight flexible materialhaving an extensible longitudinal edge portion attached about the outeredge of said band, with respect to the angle between the end portions ofsaid band, and being free otherwise so as to be adapted for attachmentof girdleanchoring means at any points thereabout.

2. The same structure as recited in claim 1 hereof and in which theinner edges of the overlapping extreme end portions of said band, withrespect to the angle therebetween, are entirely free of attachment so asto permit relative pivotal-like movement of said end portions when thegirdle anchor is stretched in self-accommodation about the thigh of thewearers body, such pivotal-like movement being about an axis normal tothe plane of said overlapping end portions.

References Cited in the file of this patent Elder Feb. 2, 1932 RobertsonMar. 15, 1932 Walz May 20, 1941 Blatt Apr. 24, 1956 FOREIGN PATENTSFrance Apr. 10, 1922 Great Britain July 4, 1929 France Apr. 17, 1939

